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The Philadelphia Eagles are in jeopardy of falling out of playoff contention after dropping to 5-6 with a 27-13 loss to the Packers at home last Monday night, their sixth loss in eight games after a 3-0 start. Running back Wendell Smallwood was a popular waiver wire addition heading into the team's Week 12 game against the Green Bay Packers. The Cincinnati Bengals have ruled out A.J.

A four-time Super Bowl victor and two-time NFL Most Valuable Player, Brady has now recorded 179 regular-season wins and 22 in the playoffs. Tom Brady completed 30 of 50 passes for 286 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Patriots. The Rams managed just 36 rushing yards. The Patriots will face three teams that now have winning records over the next four weeks, beginning with a Monday night matchup with the AFC North-leading Baltimore Ravens and their always stingy defense.

Arsenal cruised to a routine win over West Ham United on Saturday, winning their Premier League fixture 5-1, with Alexis Sanchez bagging a hat-trick. For long periods of the first half, West Ham were a shapeless mess and fortunate not to be out of the game by half-time. Some teams are good enough to play without discipline, organisation and intensity, but West Ham are certainly not.

The Bruins deserve to be #1, not only because they beat Kentucky in impressive fashion, but with #3 UNC, #4 Kansas and #5 Duke all with one loss, UCLA should get the top spot. He also guarded Ball on the defensive end for most of the game, limiting Ball's contribution. To me, Leaf was certainly the MVP on Saturday. Leaf scored 17 points and added 13 rebounds and five assists, showing off a wide array of skills offensively that will appeal to National Basketball Association scouts.

In a Bedlam game to decide the Big 12 title, the Cowboys lost 38-20 in Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Matchups in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013 also affected the conference title race. He has passed for 3,381 yards with 35 touchdowns compared to only 8 interceptions in the season. "You play for a conference title two years in a row against your in-state rival and you don't pull it out".

This game against the Giants will prove if the Steelers are for real. Former Michigan State Spartan Le'Veon Bell remains a dual threat with 699 rushing yards and 57 receptions out of the backfield. It's up to the progression, up to the doctors. He's caught 44 of 72 pass targets for 476 yards and five touchdowns, three of which have come since the Giants returned from their Week 8 bye.

After a week of exchanging verbal volleys with England coach Eddie Jones, Michael Cheika played down any lasting animosity between him and his former Randwick teammate. Joseph's first try on 30 minutes, chasing Owen Farrell's kick through to score, began the recovery. Three up by halftime, Australia could be happy with how it was playing but feel mugged on the scoreboard.

The Spurs vice-captain was said to be holding out for at least £100,000-a-week but was left frustrated by chairman Daniel Levy's strict pay structure which sees no player earn a weekly six-figure salary. We're full of momentum - we'll take that straight into the Monaco game and, hopefully, win there. Everyone loves a North London Derby and this one is shaping up to be a classic.

No. 7 Penn State will face No. 6 Wisconsin in Saturday's Big Ten championship game , and where it could really get intriguing is if Penn State beats Wisconsin. my opinion, Michigan goes to four". In this case, it would be No. 5 MI. A rout for Colorado and then they become a worry with three straight wins over ranked teams and a very competitive loss at MI the very week before PSU was blown out there.

Read the latest news about the incoming administration on our Tracking the Transition page. The Bearcats have been held to 74 points or less in four of their six games and we see more of the same today as Iowa State wins comfortable. He was giving Iowa State 8.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Rashaan Surles had 13 points and seven rebounds while Amos Given had 12 points and Terence Traylor added 11 for Mississippi Valley State (0-9).

The Tigers, who earned the 2nd overall seed, will be matched up with 3rd seed Ohio State. The last 4 years has seen Ohio State and Michigan State dominating the Big Ten East. "We knew there was a lot of game (left)", UW coach Paul Chryst said. Which one should be left out so Penn State can get in? A one-loss season, in a conference like the Big Ten, is a pretty impressive thing, conference title or not.

However, it was a controversial moment in the second half that saw Ibrahimovic come under fire from Evertonians present at Goodison Park. "They played long balls and had a few half chances with Kevin Mirallas - other than that we defended well and did not allow as many chances as the last games".

Chelsea opened up a four-point cushion over City after 14 games and has picked up maximum points since losing 3-0 to Arsenal on September 24. "This is not part of the lovely football", said Luiz. Kevin De Bruyne squandered a glorious chance to make it 2-0 in the 56th minute, hitting the bar from barely five yards out, and four minutes later Chelsea levelled.

No matter that it was played in the 48th over with his job, steering the hosts from 4-92 in the first match of the Chappell-Hadlee series against New Zealand to beyond 300, very much done. Hesson, however, said Australia's one-day unit was far more settled than the test team and his side could not presume such turmoil would be evident at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.

The mood around Selhurst Park lifted in line with the noise levels, but there was disappointment in store as Kevin De Bruyne's corner somehow found its way to an unmarked Toure six yards out to win it. "They have always been brilliant with me, always supportive", Toure said. "The last two months he was incredible in the training sessions". And speaking after the match, Guardiola said that he and Toure had settled their differences and that the player has a role to play.

Only Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez sit above the Switzerland worldwide as the club's largest transfer spends, but it is nearly impossible to imagine that pair being on the fringes of the starting line-up. Arsenal nearly restored their lead when a Sanchez strike came off the crossbar but Walcott did score when he headed in a Monreal cross. Arsenal then had to weather a Bournemouth storm, before coming into their own as the first half ended, with the home team dominant for much of the ...

Berry took it to the house and Kansas City would go on to win 29-28. "We have a lot of respect for him for sure", Ryan said. The Falcons , rallying from a 27-16 deficit, went ahead 28-27 on Ryan's 5-yard touchdown pass to Aldrick Robinson with 4:32 remaining.

Kane signed a new reported £100,000 a week contract plus add-ons that will see the England striker remain at White Hart Lane until 2022. Only Sergio Aguero (27) has scored more Premier League goals in 2016 than Kane's 21. After today, Swansea has allowed at least two-plus goals in 14 games this season. 'It's not all lost on a day like today, today was a game that we knew would be hard.

In Tennessee's 24-17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Henry played three offensive snaps for the Titans - and he wasn't hurt, as he was on November 6, when a calf injury kept him from playing against the San Diego Chargers . "It drives me insane losing any game, " Titans cornerback Jason McCourty said. Roethlisberger didn't have great numbers in that game either, throwing for a season-low 167 yards with zero touchdowns and no interceptions.

Michigan's next game will come during the 2016-2017 bowl season as Penn State won the Big Ten's West division by way of tie-breaker over Ohio State. The Wolverines will find out their bowl destination Sunday. Harbaugh knows the score and after he ripped the officials in his post-game press conference after flipping out about a call - earning himself an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the process - he had to expect this.

A match that Tottenham played very good for the entire game. "I don't believe it was the best [performance of the season] - against [Manchester] City we were better". Meanwhile, Swansea will be buoyed by their incredible 5-4 win over Crystal palace last weekend, but have a lot of work to do in terms of defensive solidity if they have to stay up this season.

Gronk ends his season with 21 catches, 540 receiving yards, and three receiving touchdowns. FILE - In this November 13, 2016, file photo, New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski looks on before an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

Stick around. We've got all of the pre-game analysis before the match-up. There may not be a matchup that illustrates the perils of the National Football League than Sunday's showdown between the New Orleans Saints and the Detroit Lions in the Superdome.

We have no attitude problem. These days are huge for us. Possibly we needed it. Having only been introduced in the 2013-14 season, the Premier League's Goal Decision System has seen controversial goal-line decisions become a thing of the past.

They managed to win a football game. This Sunday they'll see another struggling club as they visit the Bengals in Cincinnati after they were for all practical purposes eliminated from the playoff chase last Sunday with a 19-14 loss at Baltimore.

We wanted to take advantage as best they could when they overhelped". Whoever Holgorsen and his staff put on the field for the 3:30 p.m. kickoff will face a Baylor Bears team that has lost five straight after starting the season 6-0 and earning a Top 10 ranking, lost starting quarterback Seth Russell for the second season in a row due to injury, and has a lame duck coaching staff headed by former-Ohio University head coach Jim Grobe.

After Temple (10-3) scored touchdowns on its first three possessions, protecting the 21-0 lead became substantially easier when No. 20 Navy (9-3, No. Backup quarterback Zach Abey went 7 for 13 for 104 yards and two interceptions. Again, I am not going to question the focus of a future submarine captain, but there is evidence to suggest that Navy doesn't play well with Army in the on-deck circle.

In October, boosters had cooled on Herman a bit following Houston's losses to Navy and SMU, the latter considered particularly bad due to being to a weaker team within the state of Texas. Perrin indicated earlier this season that any change on Strong's status would be made only after the season. Texas, 5-6, needs to beat TCU to be bowl eligible.

Graham Hill, the two-time champion, had been killed in a plane crash before Damon Hill won his title in 1996. Horner believes the changes will up the pressure on Mercedes, who have won the last three drivers' and constructors' championships following an era of Red Bull domination when four-time champion Sebastian Vettel won his titles.

Since making his first start on November 21, 2004, Manning has not missed a game, the longest streak among active NFL players - at any position - and the third-longest for a quarterback in league history. In the second quarter, Eli Manning threw two touchdown passes to Dwyane Harris (13 yards) and Odell Beckham Jr . The Giants had seven sacks as a team on Sunday against the Browns.

The Panthers are averaging 2.5 goals per game and are scoring on 14.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Canada's Sportsnet.ca was the first to report that the Panthers had indeed relieved Gallant of his duties behind the bench, which was then confirmed by The Miami Herald .

He was then left out of the line-up for Sunday's one-day global victory over New Zealand, but captain Smith - whose 164 set up their 68-run triumph - suggested the call was made to give Travis Head a chance to prove himself. Jimmy Neesham put on 92 runs for the third stand with Guptill before he holed out to Hazlewood off Mitchell Starc in the 22nd over. " Australia have a very good bowling lineup and I was lucky enough to get through to get the 100, and unfortunately couldn't quite take it ...

There was also on the field controversy in 1906 and 1907 as Auburn coach Mike Donahue threatened to cancel the series if Alabama's coach Doc Pollard did not stop his elaborate shifts and formations. Do you know the name of Auburn University the first time they played in 1893? "Nobody had ever heard of it, (but) I thought it was amusing", Dieter said.

To do that you've got to win the World Cup. Jones described Youngs' contribution as "masterful" and said the scrum-half, who scored following a quick tap penalty and an exquisite dummy, had put his hand up for Lions selection for next summer's tour to New Zealand.

They've rediscovered the explosive play and the vertical passing game, they ran for a season-high 152 yards against Philadelphia, and they've been forcing turnovers. "I remember as a quarterback back in 1999 when Andy Reid pulled me out and put Donovan (McNabb) in, it was a step back to possibly go forward and to see it differently".